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Trabboch Station Looking North
Trabboch is a hamlet in East Ayrshire, Scotland. Built as a miners village in the 1880s, it was owned and leased by Wm. Baird & Co., Ltd. and at one time had 94 dwellings. The miners rows stood, until demolition in 1969, on the Stair and Littlemill road, about two miles south of Stair, in that parish. The name is locally pronounced 'Traaboch'. History Etymology The name ''Trabboch'' was first attested in 1303 as ''Trebathe'', and it has a Brittonic origin. The first part of the name is the element ''treβ-'', denoting a habitation and the land associated with it (Welsh ''tref'' "a town", traditionally "a farm"). The second element could be either ''-*bedu'' meaning "birch trees" (Welsh ''bedw''), or ''-*beδ'', "a grave" (Welsh ''bedd''). The present form shows influence from the Gaelic element ''beitheach'' meaning "of birches". Trabeattie, near Torthorwald in Dumfrieshire may have the same etymology. The Village and coal mines The mining settlement was made up of four rows, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Ayrshire
East Ayrshire ( sco, Aest Ayrshire; gd, Siorrachd Àir an Ear) is one of thirty-two council areas of Scotland. It shares borders with Dumfries and Galloway, East Renfrewshire, North Ayrshire, South Ayrshire and South Lanarkshire. The headquarters of the council are located on London Road, Kilmarnock. With South Ayrshire and the mainland areas of North Ayrshire, it formed the former county of Ayrshire. The wider geographical region of East Ayrshire has a population of 122,100 at the last 2011 census, making it the 16th most populous local authority in Scotland. Spanning a geographical area of , East Ayrshire is the 14th-largest local authority in Scotland in terms of geographical area. The majority of the population of East Ayrshire live within and surrounding the main town, Kilmarnock, having a population of over 46,000 people at the 2011 census. Other large population areas in East Ayrshire include Cumnock, the second-largest town in terms of population and area, and smalle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
